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By Tyler Mayforth, USTFCCCA May 25, 2021

2021 NCAA DIII Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Rating Index – Week 9

NEW ORLEANS – It’s finally here!

The 2021 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships will be held this week at Irwin Belk Track Complex in Greensboro, North Carolina. Competition begins on Thursday and runs through Saturday afternoon deep in the Tar Heel State.

Let’s find out what could happen in the race for the women’s team title, according to the Pre-Championships Edition of the National TFRI that was released on Tuesday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA)

NCAA Division III — Women's Outdoor Track & Field

This Week's National Top Five

1
UW-La Crosse

2
Loras

3
SUNY Geneseo

4
Ithaca

5
UW-Eau Claire

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UW-La Crosse, with an absolutely staggering among of entries into the meet, is a heavy favorite to win its fourth team title in program history. If the Eagles can accomplish that feat, it would be their first crown since 2015. Fourteen of UW-La Crosse’s 23 entries are ranked among the top-10 performers this season. The Eagles have multiple entries in the 100H (x3), pole vault (x2), triple jump (x2), hammer throw (x3) and heptathlon (x2).

Loras, the 2019 champion, sits second. The Duhawks bring 13 entries with them, of which nine are ranked among the top-5 performers this season. Terrianna Black (triple jump), Carly Fischer (discus), Alyssa Pfadenhauer (400) and Kassie Rosenbum (10,000) are all ranked second in their respective events on the Descending Order List.

SUNY Geneseo is ranked third and brings a strong contingent to North Carolina. Six of the Knights’ 11 entries are ranked among the top-5 performers this season. Both Emily Lavarnway and Emily Pomainville have chances to win multiple titles as the former is No. 1 in the long jump and No. 2 in the heptathlon, while the latter is No. 1 in the 1500 and No. 2 in the 800 as one of the fastest performers in NCAA DIII history.

Ithaca, the fourth-ranked team, hopes to prove that it is about the quality of entries – not the quantity. The Bombers might only have nine entries in the meet, but six of those are ranked among the top-5 performers this season, which includes double national leader Parley Hannan (5K-10K) and Meghan Matheny, who is top-ranked in the pole vault.

UW-Eau Claire is a contender to make the podium and sits fifth in the final National TFRI of the regular season. The Blugold hope to receive big points from NCAA DIII record-holder Megan Wallace in the heptathlon and Bailey Waldhauser, who is the top-ranked athlete in the high jump.

Here are the rest of the top-10 teams in Week 9: No. 6 Johns Hopkins, No. 7 Tufts, No. 8 Wartburg, No. 9 Wheaton (Ill.) and No. 10 UChicago. Pay close attention to the Thunder at the meet, as all of their points will come from one athlete – Favor Ezewuzie.

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National Rank	Team	Points	Conference	Region	CHANGE
1	UW-LA CROSSE	249.91	WIAC (1)	Midwest	◀▶ (LW: 1)
2	LORAS	225.40	American Rivers (1)	Central	◀▶ (LW: 2)
3	SUNY GENESEO	177.53	SUNYAC (1)	Atlantic	▲2 (LW: 5)
4	ITHACA	158.94	Liberty League	Atlantic	▼1 (LW: 3)
5	UW-EAU CLAIRE	139.81	WIAC	Midwest	▼1 (LW: 4)
6	JOHNS HOPKINS	132.52	Centennial (1)	Mideast	◀▶ (LW: 6)
7	TUFTS	128.10	NESCAC	New England	◀▶ (LW: 7)
8	WARTBURG	83.41	American Rivers	Central	▲3 (LW: 11)
9	WHEATON (ILL.)	76.22	CCIW	Midwest	▲10 (LW: 19)
10	CHICAGO	72.74	UAA	Midwest	▲26 (LW: 36)
11	PACIFIC LUTHERAN	71.81	NWC	West	▼1 (LW: 10)
12	GEORGE FOX	71.74	NWC (1)	West	▼4 (LW: 8)
13	NEBRASKA WESLEYAN	71.39	American Rivers	Central	▼4 (LW: 9)
14	UW-OSHKOSH	70.90	WIAC	Midwest	▼1 (LW: 13)
15	ST. THOMAS (MINN.)	70.65	MIAC (1)	Central	▲8 (LW: 23)
16	UW-STEVENS POINT	65.36	WIAC	Midwest	▼4 (LW: 12)
17	CONCORDIA CHICAGO	58.71	NACC	Midwest	▼1 (LW: 16)
18	DUBUQUE	54.42	American Rivers	Central	▼1 (LW: 17)
19	MOUNT UNION	53.06	OAC (1)	Great Lakes	▼5 (LW: 14)
20	JOHN CARROLL	52.46	OAC	Great Lakes	◀▶ (LW: 20)
21	ROCHESTER (N.Y.)	51.12	Liberty League	Atlantic	▲7 (LW: 28)
22	ILLINOIS WESLEYAN	50.87	CCIW	Midwest	▲3 (LW: 25)
23	EMORY	49.47	UAA	South/Southeast	▼5 (LW: 18)
24	WPI	48.09	NEWMAC (1)	New England	▲3 (LW: 27)
25	GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS	43.49	MIAC	Central	▼1 (LW: 24)

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Week-by-Week Ranking

Only showing those with a season-best ranking in the top 25.

Team	Week #1	Week #2	Week #3	Week #4	Week #5	Week #6	Week #7	Week #8	Week #9	FINAL
Loras	16	6	2	4	3	3	4	2	2	1
UW-La Crosse	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
SUNY Geneseo		24	8	7	6	5	5	5	3	3
Ithaca	8	3	7	5	2	2	2	3	4	4
Johns Hopkins		4	4	6	5	4	6	6	6	5
Tufts			25	14	21	7	7	7	7	6
UW-Oshkosh	72	17	17	23	16	13	9	13	14	7
Chicago	59	25	40	60	28	30	48	36	10	8
Pacific Lutheran	6	9	12	15	15	19	20	10	11	9
UW-Eau Claire			32	3	4	6	3	4	5	10
Nebraska Wesleyan		7	6	9	10	8	8	9	13	11
Concordia Chicago			24	20	23	14	14	16	17	11
John Carroll	4	10	9	2	7	11	13	20	20	13
Wheaton (Ill.)	17	20	20	18	18	20	18	19	9	14
George Fox	1	1	3	8	11	10	10	8	12	14
Wartburg		22	22	19	8	9	11	11	8	16
Emory	RV	RV	23	13	22	12	15	18	23	17
Southern Maine	89	106	128	138	123	129	130	34	33	17
Stevens	77	33	50	31	37	35	36	42	34	17
St. Thomas (Minn.)	67	66	31	22	24	23	22	23	15	20
Rochester (N.Y.)	41	18	14	27	30	29	25	28	21	20
Gustavus Adolphus		16	21	24	25	16	17	24	25	20
Colby				105	76	57	31	41	30	20
UW-Stevens Point	28	21	18	16	12	17	12	12	16	24
Bridgewater (Va.)	12	27	27	38	50	25	27	32	32	24
Mount Union	5	8	5	10	13	21	23	14	19	26
Illinois Wesleyan	20	15	13	11	9	15	19	25	22	26
Carroll (Wis.)	42	50	55	39	32	28	30	31	27	26
Messiah	13	28	11	21	19	18	16	15	35	26
Dickinson				36	40	37	38	40	48	26
Trine	34	74	60	56	34	48	41	43	45	31
Williams						103	75	21	55	32
UW-River Falls	62	34	45	65	65	93	33	38	61	32
Saint Mary's (Minn.)	71	111	115	129	70	81	90	93	98	32
WPI		95	29	35	51	50	35	27	24	35
SUNY Cortland	64	92	120	118	106	116	117	76	56	35
Dubuque	10	12	19	17	17	22	24	17	18	37
UW-Stout	30	45	69	45	52	68	40	45	41	37
Wittenberg	53	96	126	128	53	56	65	70	46	37
Bethel (Minn.)		30	30	40	36	58	67	37	26	40
TCNJ	21	53	36	28	41	51	71	72	37	40
Hope	68	94	47	32	20	26	28	33	38	40
Calvin	25	47	37	47	26	31	37	56	53	40
RPI						84	91	67	57	40
Linfield	29	72	71	54	74	87	54	60	58	40
Millikin		35	57	62	73	45	29	30	63	40
Pacific (Ore.)	14	26	34	49	47	67	70	74	72	40
Coast Guard			91	102	112	125	76	71	76	40
RIT	58	36	54	72	80	89	85	94	78	40
Bates						122	108	119	67	50
Saint Benedict	55	52	65	85	67	74	82	89	79	50
Minnesota Morris	102	61	64	66	66	40	58	63	83	50
Widener	27	68	95	64	68	75	68	69	86	50
Stockton	57	75	90	106	126	114	112	118	101	50
Misericordia	23	58	74	75	75	91	101	102	109	50
North Central (Ill.)		40	35	57	71	60	26	22	28	56
Ramapo			58	76	46	46	51	52	50	56
DePauw	88	131	88	58	56	65	74	80	73	56
Washington (Mo.)	3	5	10	12	14	24	21	26	29	59
Beloit		118	109	123	136	72	80	59	59	59
Amherst					98	62	56	44	60	59
Eastern (Pa.)	111	111	101	114	63	80	89	108	71	59
St. Olaf			56	77	85	110	78	85	91	59
Baldwin Wallace	15	11	16	26	31	38	45	29	31	64
Middlebury						53	43	54	40	64
Central (Iowa)		38	43	25	29	27	34	48	47	64
Trinity (Texas)	18	41	53	70	77	105	111	115	51	64
Hamline		32	44	61	27	32	49	50	64	64
Monmouth (Ill.)		83	100	80	86	61	64	83	80	64
Ursinus		73	75	82	88	92	99	97	105	64
St. Norbert	56	101	97	44	60	63	53	73	90	71
Westminster (Pa.)	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	71
St. Lawrence	65	37	41	37	38	39	39	46	36
UW-Platteville	22	57	73	34	35	43	32	35	39
Salisbury	38	39	48	43	43	42	44	49	42
Buena Vista		88	72	53	54	41	42	47	43
Concordia Moorhead	63	97	38	52	55	36	46	39	44
Carleton			85	100	81	94	86	51	49
Illinois College	37	78	108	115	127	33	47	53	52
Alvernia	81	112	51	69	78	83	93	96	54
Puget Sound	85	113	119	73	79	55	60	58	62
Utica					101	126	77	86	65
Wisconsin Lutheran	107	122	110	117	61	86	87	77	66
Aurora	45	44	42	48	45	44	50	57	68
Otterbein	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	55	69
Centre	31	13	15	29	33	49	57	66	70
Marietta	40	46	67	81	97	104	66	62	74
LeTourneau	33	51	49	30	44	71	73	81	75
Virginia Wesleyan	75	102	129	132	147	54	59	61	77
Muskingum				55	64	70	69	79	81
Augustana (Ill.)		103	121	51	58	73	62	68	82
Concordia Texas	39	60	81	144		76	83	90	84
Rowan	122	98	122	89	90	107	114	120	85
Redlands (Calif.)				RV	48	69	61	78	87
Luther						150		91	88
Lynchburg	7	14	26	33	42	34	55	65	89
Connecticut College			114	63	59	47	52	87	92
Hardin-Simmons	9	23	33	42	49	66	84	75	93
Rhodes	11	19	28	41	39	59	72	64	94
UW-Whitewater	32	42	39	50	69	79	81	84	95
Susquehanna	99	77	123	93	83	102	95	101	96
Washington and Lee	19	31	63	78	96	78	88	92	97
SUNY Brockport		86	84	86	87	52	79	82	98
Nazareth									100
Adrian		76	80	90	94	97	115	98	101
Anderson (Ind.)	97	123	94	94	99	113	94	95	103
Babson		104	134	137	144	90	96	99	104
Bethany (W.Va.)	RV	RV	62	67	72	82	98	104	105
Greenville	105	134	105	99	116	130	127	114	107
Wheaton (Mass.)		81	99	113	109	111	113	105	108
UC Santa Cruz	60	59	93	74	82	96	102	109	109
Franciscan	48	65	83	46	62	85	92	110	109
Ripon	103	103	147		107	108	107	112	109
Roanoke	51	79	113	96	102	88	104	113	109
Christopher Newport	35	49	79	84	111	118	134	123	109
Moravian	73	105	70	79	93	115	120	127	109
Westminster (Mo.)				RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Wesleyan (Conn.)				71	57	77	63	88
St. Catherine (Minn.)		85	82	87	92	99	118	100
Ohio Wesleyan	46	62	52	68	91	95	103	103
Wilmington (Ohio)	61	64	76	91	95	109	100	106
Elmhurst	70	109	103	109	135	119	97	107
Springfield (Mass.)			96	103	104	100	110	111
Whitworth	49	67	78	83	103	121	128	116
Ohio Northern	26	29	46	59	84	98	109	117
Westfield State	36	55	59	95	131	139	133	121
Trinity (Conn.)				104	110	123	121	122
Allegheny (Pa.)	110	110	136	135	139	148	106	124
Case Western Reserve						106	105	125
Geneva	50	71	88	101	108	136	138	126
Hanover	69	82	92	120	113	128	122	128
UW-Superior					89	101	116	129
Rose-Hulman	44	70	106	119	129	124	124	130
Carthage	76	110	125	112	121	142	142	131
Worcester State	120	120	120			126	123	132
Hendrix	87	120	145					133
Southwestern (Texas)	47	69	98	107	115	133	130	134
Carnegie Mellon	43	63	77	92	100	117	119	135
Muhlenberg		124	140			112	125	136
Methodist	66	93	133	88	122	131	126	137
Haverford					117	138	138	138
York (Pa.)	108	90	86	121	137	145	138	138
Randolph						140	136	140
Shenandoah	84	80	107	97	124	137	137	140
DeSales	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Montclair State		RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Bowdoin				RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Lebanon Valley		RV	RV	RV	125	134	129
Chapman					105	120	132
Wooster	92	48	61	98	133	141	135
Bridgewater State	117	117	130	138			141
Lewis & Clark	78	108	142	124	145	143	143
Alfred					148		144
Birmingham-Southern	101	125	146		118	146	145
Keene State					RV	RV	RV
Texas Lutheran	RV	RV	135		134	64
East Texas Baptist	54	56	68	110	132	132
Knox				131	114	135
McMurry	52	84	104	116	120	144
Oberlin		115	89	108	119	147
Berry	24	54	87	111	128	149
Elizabethtown	80	100	124	129	130	151
Eastern Connecticut State	74	87	102	125	140	152
Oglethorpe	95	115	130	138	140	152
Simpson (Iowa)		43	66	122	138
Macalester			117	127	140
SUNY Plattsburgh		135			143
Castleton				134	145
Mary Washington	94	99	116	133	148
Southern Virginia	112	135	127	126
Waynesburg			118	136
Colorado College	95	115	111	138
Alfred State			130	138
Albion		130	137	143
Juniata	93	127	138	145
Belhaven (Miss.)	RV	RV	RV	RV
Washington & Jefferson	86	129	86
Whitman	90	119	90
Chatham	98	121	98
Eastern Mennonite	100	126	100
Piedmont	104	128	104
Pfeiffer	82	91	105
King's College (Pa.)	109	137	109
Denison	106	89	112
MSOE	112	112	112
Fontbonne	114	114	114
Stevenson	114	114	114
Lancaster Bible	116	116	116
St. Scholastica	117	117	117
Heidelberg	117	117	117
Concordia Wisconsin	121	121	121
Iowa Wesleyan			138
Earlham	79	107	141
Covenant	91	132	143
Saint Vincent	83	114	144
Catholic (D.C.)	RV	RV	RV
Rutgers-Camden	RV	RV	RV
Coe		133

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2021 Rankings Calendar

Weeks	National TFRI	Regional TFRI	Conference TFRI	#EventSquad	KEY DATES
Week 1	Tue 3/30 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 3/29 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 2	Tue 4/6 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/5 MEN \| WOMEN		Mon 4/5 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 3	Tue 4/13 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/12 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/12 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/12 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 4	Tue 4/20 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/19 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/19 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/19 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 5	Tue 4/27 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/26 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/26 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/26 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 6	Tue 5/4 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/3 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/3 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/3 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 7	Tue 5/11 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/10 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/10 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/10 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 8	Tue 5/18 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/17 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/17 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/17 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 9	Tue 5/25 MEN \| WOMEN	Fri 5/21 MEN \| WOMEN	Fri 5/21 MEN \| WOMEN	Fri 5/21 MEN \| WOMEN	May 27-29: NCAA DIII Champs (Greensboro, N.C.)
FINAL Results (official final ranking)	Sat 5/29 MEN \| WOMEN

Weeks	National TFRI	Regional TFRI	Conference TFRI	#EventSquad	KEY DATES
Week 1	Tue 3/30 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 3/29 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 2	Tue 4/6 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/5 MEN \| WOMEN		Mon 4/5 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 3	Tue 4/13 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/12 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/12 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/12 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 4	Tue 4/20 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/19 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/19 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/19 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 5	Tue 4/27 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/26 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/26 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 4/26 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 6	Tue 5/4 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/3 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/3 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/3 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 7	Tue 5/11 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/10 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/10 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/10 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 8	Tue 5/18 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/17 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/17 MEN \| WOMEN	Mon 5/17 MEN \| WOMEN
Week 9	Tue 5/25 MEN \| WOMEN	Fri 5/21 MEN \| WOMEN	Fri 5/21 MEN \| WOMEN	Fri 5/21 MEN \| WOMEN	May 27-29: NCAA DIII Champs (Greensboro, N.C.)
FINAL Results (official final ranking)	Sat 5/29 MEN \| WOMEN

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